And even moreso - were these 4 samples taken in the burn trenches or miles away or something in between? LOTS more sampling needed!

There's a key piece of info left out of this article (to be fair the article itself cites this problem because no one's released the details!): Where in east Palestine were the samples taken? Since dioxins are combustion byproducts...were they taken at the burn site? Away from the burn site? If they were in the residential area of east Palestine, that's really concerning since those areas are generally upwind of the burn. If that's the case, theres probably a cone of dioxins going outwards from east Palestine in Pennsylvania...like out to the point that all of Pittsburgh should get tested...

>That's not true, the lowest temp in Atlanta in 2020 was 22°F.

...Which is -6C...

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>This was a multi day event ending with snow Monday night.
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>I get that this cold snap was a bit longer than is typical

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Maybe this is more like a 5% event rather than a 10% event...but still for multi-decade construction, this is a design failure...

Exactly... lowest temperatures recorded at ATL in the past decade (in C):

2022 -13

2021 -5

2020 -6

2019 -6

2018 -11

2017 -9

2016 -7

2015 -12

2014 -14

2013 -6

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2022 wasn't even the lowest temperature in the past decade and the lowest record temperature at ATL was -21 (1985). I get that this cold snap was a bit longer than is typical, but it's not really that far out from "normal" levels cold. When you design for 90% confidence that something won't break, 10% of the time it will. And when we're talking about building design (which tend to be around for decades or more), you're basically guaranteeing failure at some point.

I'll disagree slightly with the rest of the posters here in just that there's not enough info to give you any good advice. It all depends on what your overall financial position looks like. $100k/year is only one part of the equation. There's no way to reasonably give you advice without the entire picture. If you have millions in liquid assets, do it! If you're barely scraping by on your salary because you're paying $5k/month in rent, fuck no. What does your overall budget look like? What do your assets look like? Do you own your own house? What are your other life goals? Do you have a place to park it inside or is that an additional expense? Would this car be daily driven?

There's the problem!! But that's a political system overhaul (economic could be done at the same time, but without political, it's not going to work...)

Or at the very least...our politicians need to focus on the big wins (energy, transport, food) instead of the tiniest things that don't actually make a difference (bags).

A specialty shop almost definitely will be cheaper than your normal shop! $500 is a car payment at this point, so if it keeps your car going more than a month, you're better off doing the repair.

Also...why would your 07 only be worth $2k if an 08 is $33k? At least one of those numbers is wrong (and my bet is both!).

Assuming there's no replacement with multi-use bags, this is about 2.5 metric tons per day (or 900 metric tons/year). Not nothing...but from an oil-use perspective, that's like getting about 400 drivers off the road. And since plastic bags are a negligible portion of non-landfilled plastic waste, it's unfortunately not actually impactful on any environmental front.

Could you fit one of these in sideways to avoid the studs? https://www.homedepot.com/p/Smart-Choice-0-18-in-Dryer-Periscope-Vent-Kit-5304484130/206740122

They make various lengths that might work here if you can fit it in

In reality, the immunocompromised are the real petri dishes for mutations, vaccination or not! https://www.science.org/content/article/uk-variant-puts-spotlight-immunocompromised-patients-role-covid-19-pandemic

Even with near-perfect vaccine coverage, mutations happen and in fast-mutating viruses, they will quickly figure out how to spread despite vaccination (see: flu and covid, for example). Vaccinations (at least in their current forms - future versions promise better protection!) are effective in softening the blow of fast mutating viruses and can significantly reduce the spread and lethality (see covid and flu vaccinations for example), but anti-vaxxers aren't going to affect whether or not the virus will mutate (hint: it will). They'll just help it spread more if they don't die first...